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March 12th, 2008, 16:00
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA (KVNY)
Posts: 354
|  First solo to another airport!
Got signed off to fly from WHP to EMT on Monday, and then did the flight alone yesterday!
It was great!
I'm still not used to the pattern away from the home airport, but its getting better, and I have plenty of time to practice!
And flying over Burbank coming home is really cool. I still get excited when I'm sharing the same airspace as those large jets. | 
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March 12th, 2008, 17:16
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: That one
Posts: 719
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Thats great to read. Keep having fun, and be safe up there! 
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March 12th, 2008, 17:35
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 89
| Re: First solo to another airport!
What could assist you with your patterns is to draw the airport and your anticipated position when your within 5 miles from the airport and just pencil in what your pattern will look like and just plan it all the way to your Final Leg. That seems to help. Ensure that your fully aware of the airport environment prior to arrival at your destination airport. I can rember my first solo cross country flight, quite an experience. You have the right attitude of wanting to improve and recognizing what needs to be done. Congratulations and keep at it. It will get better. All the best with your training. | |
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March 12th, 2008, 19:07
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: bako
Posts: 98
| Re: First solo to another airport!
congrats!! i always felt like this was my most exciting flight cause you actually flew somewhere instead of just around the pattern...just seemed way more satisfying to me then my actual first solo! Keep it up!
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March 12th, 2008, 19:29
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#5 | | Old Skool
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Paradise:)
Posts: 4,291
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Congrats 
My first airport I went to solo other than my home base was Talkeetna. That was a real confidence booster | |
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March 12th, 2008, 20:57
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#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 137
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Congrats! My first solo is coming up. But I will be staying the pattern until I get to the point in training that you are at. I can't wait! | |
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March 13th, 2008, 00:33
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA (KVNY)
Posts: 354
| Re: First solo to another airport!
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Originally Posted by flyinkibblez  congrats!! i always felt like this was my most exciting flight cause you actually flew somewhere instead of just around the pattern...just seemed way more satisfying to me then my actual first solo! Keep it up! | Agreed, I feel like a real pilot who can actually go places, and not just fly a plane in a big rectangle.
My approaching the airport to enter the pattern isn't an issue (at least not here) I find Im having a little trouble staying equidistant from the runway on downwind. Theres usually a little X-wind to judge a crab against. I also got spoiled at home where I started using landmarks to judge when to start turns. Gotta break that habit. | |
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March 13th, 2008, 01:01
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#8 | | Old Skool
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boca Raton
Posts: 5,888
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Man I'm jealous! Haven't been able to solo twice now because of the weather.  | |
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March 13th, 2008, 22:26
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tarzana, CA (KVNY)
Posts: 1,417
| Re: First solo to another airport!
That's awesome man. It really is such a liberating feeling. Do you get to pick where you go or is your instructor picking them for you? | |
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March 13th, 2008, 22:40
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philly
Posts: 291
| Re: First solo to another airport!
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Originally Posted by BCTAv8r Man I'm jealous! Haven't been able to solo twice now because of the weather. | Hang in there man, it will happen. I was delayed a few times also. The first day the instructor was going to solo me I did not feel comfortable so I turned him down. The next three lessons were all with crazy crosswinds so I could not solo. Finally, last week I got to solo and it was great. You will forget all about being delayed once you are up there alone! 
Congrats on the solo cross country!  Hopefully if the weather cooperates, damn Northeast weather, I will do mine tomorrow.  | |
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March 13th, 2008, 22:46
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 46
| Re: First solo to another airport!
yeah buddy! Just did my first solo XC pretty recently. On my return I discovered people using BOTH runways! Hope yours went smoother. Wish I could figure out why people choose to land with a tailwind. | |
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March 13th, 2008, 23:07
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#12 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tampa
Posts: 65
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Congrats on your XC solo. I just did my first solo today. So, now I can fly around the pattern, with some fine print... no winds over 5. So, my XC solo is my next goal. How many hours did you have? I am at 13 right now... now with a WHOLE .3 hours PIC. I am flying out of KVDF in tampa.
Happy Landings! | |
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March 15th, 2008, 20:20
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 46
| Re: First solo to another airport!
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Originally Posted by tpaRob Congrats on your XC solo. I just did my first solo today. So, now I can fly around the pattern, with some fine print... no winds over 5. So, my XC solo is my next goal. How many hours did you have? I am at 13 right now... now with a WHOLE .3 hours PIC. I am flying out of KVDF in tampa.
Happy Landings! | After my first solo I had 0.6 PIC....my instructor jokingly dared me to send a resume to Fed Ex as he was logging the time.
Solo XC for me was almost exactly at 20 hours. | |
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March 15th, 2008, 23:48
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA (KVNY)
Posts: 354
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Taken on the way home from that first flight. Crappy cell phone pic, but still cool. | |
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March 16th, 2008, 03:43
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#15 | | Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 21
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Congratulations on your first solo XC! I too fly out of WHP out of the Sunquest flight school, do you fly out of Vista/Sunquest or out of VNY? | |
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March 16th, 2008, 20:52
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#16 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nevada
Posts: 99
| Re: First solo to another airport!
Congrats on the solo XC!!! | |
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March 16th, 2008, 22:23
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA (KVNY)
Posts: 354
| Re: First solo to another airport!
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Originally Posted by c172captain Congratulations on your first solo XC! I too fly out of WHP out of the Sunquest flight school, do you fly out of Vista/Sunquest or out of VNY? | Haha, small world.
I fly with Jim at Sunquest.
We should meet for lunch or something sometime. | |
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